Mesohippusn.

Brit.

/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈhɪpəs/, U.S.

/ˌmɛzoʊˈhɪpəs/; see also meso- comb. form.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mesohippus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mesohippus, genus name (O. C. Marsh: see quot. 1875) < meso- meso- comb. form + -hippus (in Protohippus Protohippus n., Orohippus Orohippus n.).

Palaeontology.

A genus of extinct small three-toed horses known from fossils found in Oligocene deposits in North America; a horse of this genus.

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opeagha1776

hyracotherium1840

hipparion1856

Protohippus1870

Miohippus1874

Pliohippus1874

Mesohippus1875

Orohippus1877

Eohippus1879

1875 O. C. Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 9 248 Mesohippus... This genus presents characters intermediate between Orohippus Marsh, and Anchitherium Von Meyer.

1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) ii. 509 Next came [after Eohippus and Orohippus] in the Lower Miocene the Mesohippus.

1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. xvii. 325 In Mesohippus..and the somewhat larger Miohippus we find the beginning of a series of functionally three-toed horses.

1958 C. L. Fenton & M. A. Fenton Fossil Bk. xxxii. 419 Mesohippus was followed by Miohippus, a larger and somewhat more horselike beast.

1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus xi. 179 Miohippus and Mesohippus do not have distinctive dentitions, and previous failure to find a clear separation should not surprise us.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mesohippus
释义	Mesohippusn. Brit. /ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈhɪpəs/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈhɪpəs/; see also meso- comb. form. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mesohippus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mesohippus, genus name (O. C. Marsh: see quot. 1875) < meso- meso- comb. form + -hippus (in Protohippus Protohippus n., Orohippus Orohippus n.). Palaeontology. A genus of extinct small three-toed horses known from fossils found in Oligocene deposits in North America; a horse of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > extinct or prehistoric equines opeagha1776 hyracotherium1840 hipparion1856 Protohippus1870 Miohippus1874 Pliohippus1874 Mesohippus1875 Orohippus1877 Eohippus1879 1875 O. C. Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 9 248 Mesohippus... This genus presents characters intermediate between Orohippus Marsh, and Anchitherium Von Meyer. 1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) ii. 509 Next came [after Eohippus and Orohippus] in the Lower Miocene the Mesohippus. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. xvii. 325 In Mesohippus..and the somewhat larger Miohippus we find the beginning of a series of functionally three-toed horses. 1958 C. L. Fenton & M. A. Fenton Fossil Bk. xxxii. 419 Mesohippus was followed by Miohippus, a larger and somewhat more horselike beast. 1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus xi. 179 Miohippus and Mesohippus do not have distinctive dentitions, and previous failure to find a clear separation should not surprise us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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